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Do angels make themselves known to us today? Do they appear to people, as they are both living and dying? Do our guardian angels direct our path, stop us from making wrong decisions and protect us from harm? Do we think angels only happen in stories and in scripture but not really in our world today?
When dying patients tells you there is an angel in the room, trust me: You believe them. When they tell you the angels are beautiful, very tall and wearing robes of translucent white—when their stories are always the same—you listen. When the experiences happen to young and old, rich and poor, churched and unchurched, and when they are never afraid of what they’ve seen, you tend to be attentive to their words.
When a 7-year-old asks you if you’d seen the angel standing near the altar during Mass, you know he saw an angel. When a young girl involved in an auto accident is thrown from her car and a boy in the car behind her sees an angel lifting her up, you hear his words. When that girl dies later that night, you know who took her home to heaven. Angels are God’s gift to all of us. They are with us from birth until they accompany us on our final journey home. It is good for us to have a daily conversation with them so that we recognize them when they do.
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Trudy Harris, RN, is the author of the popular Glimpses of Heaven and More Glimpses of Heaven. Although now retired, she was a hospice nurse and president of Jacksonville's Hospice Foundation for Caring where she raised more than $45 million in capital contributions. You can find her on Facebook!
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That was beautiful and thank you for sharing that with me too.
I once had an angel lay his/her wings around me. I did not see the face but I saw the wings. They were huge. The wings of this angel transmitted a peace beyond my understanding. I needed this at the time it happend. I believe that there are angels- I did not worship the angel but I was able to thank and praise the Lord Jesus who sent one of His messengers to transmit His Joy and peace when I most needed it.
I have had personal experience with an angel in my work place. I believe he was specially sent for me to help me when I was down and in a very bad situation in my work place. He motivated me, supported me, helped me and gave me guidance. But he was suddenly removed and it was as though God was telling me enough of dependence on this angel, you need to face life your self- I only sent him to show you the way but you need to take it from here yourself. I am ashamed to say for the past 9 months, I have faltered, I have gone back, I have even forsaken the master many times.
I would like to thank David William Matear through Guideposts for his wonderful guidance and support to me
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Thank you for sharing your wonderful experiences. My mother passed away in November. She was my best friend and I miss her terribly.
The Chaplains for the hospital were angels - I honestly believe that God sent them for us. They prayed and held her hand (and mine) and she nodded and knew they were there. They gave me the strength to be there for my mom.
I've seen a few signs, like just one flower on my mom's violet (that I could never grow) or one flower on her begonia plant (that I hadn't watered) and just one beautiful flower on a plant outside that normally flowers full bloom at this time. I'm not sure these are signs from my mom, but somehow they gave me comfort. What really gave me comfort are the people in the hospital who were physically there for us both. They are the angels that I will never forget.
Kathleen
I was told by my angels to go to the hospital where my girlfriend's mom was going to have her ventilator removed. After it was removed my girlfriend's brothers and brother-in-law and I went down to get some lunch in the cafeteria. I kept feeling like I was prodded to get up and go back to her room. When we returned to her room, she was having difficulty breathing. Her time was approaching and the chaplain appeared outside of her door, He came in and started a prayer, and I could feel all of these angels present in her room. It was so awesome and inspiring. When the chaplain had finished I told her to go towards the light, and she left us. It was a peaceful passing. I love when the angels can put you in places to help and witness special things.
I believe! I have seen what I know to be the image of Jesus. I saw his shoulder, white robe, shoulder length hair in an upper torso view as he left the ultra-sound room and simply disappeared by walking thru the wall. No door ever opened, and before I saw him I knew he was there because I felt his hand on my forehead. I thought it was my husband, but my husband was rubbing my feet, and the tech. said there was no room at the head of the bed for my husband to stand; it was all wires! The warmth of his hand on my head, gave me a feeling of unspeakable peace and love. Three doctors came in to find that all of my tumors were gone from the monitor afterward. They dismissed me from the hospital in Seattle, no surgery necessary. As I left, I turned around to see one of the doctors scratching their head as he talked to the technician. They saw me, and smiled...and I waved good-bye. When I got in the car, I turned on the radio and heard the preacher saying, "God is great, God is love." This was what I felt when he touched me, and I have to say to this day, that feeling will never leave me. I am at peace knowing that I have someone who loves and watches over me. An Angel or Jesus, I prefer to think it's the later, but either way, God is good, God is great!
I know there are angels. I took care of both my parents in their final years and had the assistance of their Labrador, Sadie. She was with my mother all through her Hospice stay and was there when Mom breathed her last. She moved into a retirement center with my Dad and helped him make new friends. She was with him when he died. I took Sadie after Dad died and kept her for almost 4 years when, at the age of 18, she was ready to move on, as well. I had a wonderful vet euthanize her in her own bed in my home. I was so sad after she died that I had to leave the house. I went to the woods where I always walked her and wished I could have some sort of sign she had made it to where she was going. As I walked a trail, I looked to my left and there, on a very small branch, was a copper penny. This happened less than an hour after Sadie died. There would be no reason for that penny to be there..the branch was too hidden and nobody could have sat on it. I took it as a sign from the Angels that Sadie was where she needed to be.
That is so beautiful and gives a wonderful feeling of peace. Thank God that He cares so much about us.
My late Mother-in-law said she saw Angels at the foot of her husbands bed a few days before His final heart attack. I'm sure that brought her comfort and help her through her grief.
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